How to Register at the EPF Portal?

By registering on the EPFO portal, you can get a host of benefits from the comfort of your home or office. But in order to avail all these features, a member has to activate his account first. Activating the account using UAN or registering at the portal is quite an easy task.

All members of the EPFO are provided a Universal Account Number (UAN) for hassle-free management of provident fund contributions. Here's how a member of EPFO can activate his EPF account at the portal using the UAN:

The organisation has made it simpler for members to activate their EPF account. Members are allowed to enter any of the details among options such as UAN, member ID, Aadhaar or PAN.

Now the member has to compulsorily enter his name, date of birth and mobile number. There is a provision to enter email address as well.

Enter the captcha code and click on the “Get Authorization Pin” button.

An OTP is sent to the entered mobile number corresponding to the OTP id for authorization. The UAN and other details entered by you will be displayed on the screen in this part of the form.

Tick the “I Agree” option to acknowledge the disclaimer and enter this OTP.

Now click on the “Validate OTP and Activate UAN” option.

You will get a message confirming the activation of your UAN on the EPF portal.

Your UAN is your login ID and your password is sent to your registered mobile number.

In case the UAN has already been activated, a message will be displayed stating that the number is already active.

Once the UAN is activated, the member can login to the portal and access his account to view his account details, update his KYC documents, initiate a transfer/withdrawal claim and track the status of his claim.